Hacker Newsletter - Hacker Newsletter #698

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Issue #698 // 2024-05-03 // View in your browser

#Favorites


Lattice is the AI-powered people platform that simplifies HR operations
//lattice.com sponsored

Webb captures iconic Horsehead Nebula in unprecedented detail
//esa.int comments

Krazam OS
//krazam.tv comments

Printing Music with CSS Grid
//cruncher.ch comments

You are what you read, even if you don't always remember it
//blog.jim-nielsen.com comments

Watch cars evolve using genetic algorithm
//rednuht.org comments

What can LLMs never do?
//strangeloopcanon.com comments

HTML Attributes vs. DOM Properties
//jakearchibald.com comments

Moviecart – Full length color movie and audio cartridges for stock Atari 2600
//github.com comments

Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks
//wadetregaskis.com comments

OpenVoice: Instant Voice Cloning
//github.com comments

Building a rocket engine from scratch
//blog.ablspacesystems.com comments

Opengist: Open-source alternative to GitHub Gists
//github.com comments

#Ask HN


How do people create those sleek looking demos for startups?

Modern day equivalent to HyperCard?

#Show HN


New startup sells coffee through SSH //terminal.shop comments

I made a privacy friendly and simple app to track my menstruation //play.google.com comments

I made a CLI tool to create web extensions with no build configuration //github.com comments

I made an app that helps you find where to stream movies and TV shows //whereto.stream comments

I made a spaced repetition tool to master coding problems //lanki.xyz comments

React for Circuits //github.com comments

I built a tool for repeatable checklists //steplist.app comments

#Code


Leaving Rust gamedev after 3 years //loglog.games comments

Borgo is a statically typed language that compiles to Go //github.com comments

Pyinfra: Automate Infrastructure Using Python //pyinfra.com comments

A feature-rich front-end drag-and-drop component library //github.com comments

TypeSpec: A new language for API-centric development //typespec.io comments

Dotenv, if it is a Unix utility //github.com comments

#Data


Why SQLite Uses Bytecode //sqlite.org comments

Common DB schema change mistakes in Postgres //postgres.ai comments

I'm writing a new vector search SQLite Extension //alexgarcia.xyz comments

Data Bonsai: a Python package to clean your data with LLMs //github.com comments

#Design


Teranoptia – a typeface that allows you to imagine chimeric creatures //tunera.xyz comments

Figma OSS Alternative //penpot.app comments

How do you accidentally run for President of Iceland? //uxdesign.cc comments

Quitting engineering to pursue art full-time //staysketchy.com comments

A Single Div //a.singlediv.com comments

#Working


Ask HN: Who is hiring? //news.ycombinator.com

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? //news.ycombinator.com

Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? //news.ycombinator.com

#Learn


A small lathe built in a Japanese prison camp //lathes.co.uk comments

Atomic nucleus excited with laser: A breakthrough after decades //tuwien.at comments

New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancient Mars //discover.lanl.gov comments

#Watching


Deep Dive into XZ Utils Backdoor //youtube.com comments

How did Ancient Greek music sound? //youtube.com comments

Oxford Mathematics Student Lectures – All Lectures //youtube.com comments

How I made a 3D Level in a 2D Game //youtube.com comments

#Startup News


Google lays off its Python team //social.coop comments

TSMC unveils 1.6nm process technology with backside power delivery //tomshardware.com comments

Tesla conducting more layoffs, including entire Supercharger team //electrek.co comments

Flock Safety is the biggest player in a city-by-city scramble for surveillance //newsobserver.com comments

Take-Two Interactive Shuts Down Kerbal Space Program Studio Intercept Games //bloomberg.com comments

#Fun


Keep Out – WebGL Game //playkeepout.com comments

Bottle Plotter //vgnotepad.blogspot.com comments

I found one of my first programs (Java, 2011) on the Wayback Machine and it runs //github.com comments

DEC PDP-1 emulator running "Spacewar", the earliest known digital video game //masswerk.at comments

#Cutting Room Floor


Google made me ruin a perfectly good website //theluddite.org comments

FCC votes to restore net neutrality rules //nytimes.com comments

Passkeys: A shattered dream //fy.blackhats.net.au comments

Meta Horizon OS //meta.com comments

ESPHome //esphome.io comments

93% of paint splatters are valid Perl programs //mcmillen.dev comments

CoreNet: A library for training deep neural networks //github.com comments

A useful front-end confetti animation library //github.com comments

GitHub Copilot Workspace: Technical Preview //github.blog comments

Pico.sh – Hacker Labs //github.com comments

Dify, a visual workflow to build/test LLM applications //github.com comments

Level of Gaussians: Real-Time View Synthesis for Millions of Square Meters //zju3dv.github.io comments

Angle-grinder: Slice and dice logs on the command line //github.com comments

500 Byte Images: The Haiku Vector Icon Format //blog.leahhanson.us comments

CloudGoat //github.com comments

Blot – code, art, robots and open source education //github.com comments

Thumb Nation: How We Learned to Play with Our Fingers //thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com comments

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